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Adam Ondra resolves La Teoria del Gesto at Sperlonga

During a brief visit to the Grotta dell’Areonauta crag at Gaeta in Italy Adam Ondra made the first ascent of the 9a sports climb La Teoria del Gesto.

21 climbs 9a or harder. Of which Silence at Flatanger in Norway is the crowning accomplishment, seeing that it’s the world’s first 9c. This is the incredible 2017 synopsis of Adam Ondra who, after his annual two-week break from climbing, ended the year with a short Christmas trip to Gaeta in Italy. In 2005 the Czech climber had visited the area and left his mark with his repeat of the 8c Mascherina; he was only 11 at the time…

It was perhaps in that precise moment that people first began to realise that the future was well and truly on its way, unstoppable and in full force. Now the 24-year-old has freed a new testpiece in the cave, La Teoria del Gesto. The climb follows much of Grandi Gesti before finishing up the last section of Cavalieri Selvaggi, and this new ultra-overhanging linkup is now graded 9a.

During his trip Ondra also repeated Grandi Gesti, the beautiful climb freed in 2009 by Gianluca Daniele who trained at 7:00am in the morning before going to work. Some have felt Grandi Gesti to be slightly easier than the suggested 9a, and the climb has now been officially downgraded by Ondra after his quick repeat. 8c+ therefore and some "awesome climbing" for one of the most beautiful testpieces in Central Italy.

04.09.2017Adam Ondra climbs world's first 9c at Flatanger in NorwayInterview with Czech climber Adam Ondra who on 3 September 2017 at Flatanger in Norway made the first free ascent of his Project Hard, a sport climb which the 24-year-old has graded 9c. Should this be confirmed, then the 45m line checks in as the first 9c in the world. The new climb is now called Silence.